Photos by porcelainsunset

Not everybody gets to climb out here during the winter, for good reason. It's actually snowing while this photo was taken. Smith Rock Tuff still gets amazingly good purchase when it is wet, or snowed on, so it is actually still worth climbing.

A good 5.7 at Smith Rock, framed by the hardware that made the area famous.

I thought that this was a cool self portrait of my girlfriend Lauren while belaying me on the bolt ladder.

Two years later, I still had just as much fun on this route as I did the first time. Best 5.7 in America.

Just a different angle from the other photos of me walking this line. The guys who set up the line told me that they would give me a $100 dollars if I could stick this pose that I had never herd of before called the 'Half Lotus Tree Pose'. I asked just what the hell that was, then they showed me on the ground. I got on the line, and gave it a shot. This photo was taken of my first attempt, which I barley held onto it for like a quarter of a second. The guys said that wasn't 'sticking it' so therefore it didn’t count. They then told me they would give me $500 if I were able to do it. So I got on the line again, and this time stuck it for like 20 seconds, (sadly no pictures of my second attempt) the whole time perfectly still. When I fell off, I told them that they didn't need to give me $500, their rigging set up would do just fine. They didn't give it to me. We all laughed, I thanked them for letting me walk their line, and then it was off to dinner and more good times.

Just setting up for a position. All these photos where taken by my friend Brian, who I had a great time with that weekend. He was also so kind as to give me the photos on a CD so I can post something a little more current of myself. Thanks Brian.

Quite possibly the coolest rock formation I have ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on.

This photo was taken by my friend Brian at the end of one of the best days I have ever had at Smith Rock. We where walking back to camp as the sun was beginning to set and found these friendly guys slacklineing, we started talking, and they let me walk their line for a while. Brian snapped like 15 photos of me walking the line, almost all of which are of my silhouette. This is my favorite.

Just another photo of me walking the line in the sunset.

Just tring to maintain my balance while going into half lotus. Jazz hands everybody!

This is a picture that somebody else took of my volvo at Smith Rock

This photo was taken around two years ago at the infamous Panic Point. This was my first time doing a multi-pitch climb, and in the photo I'm half way through my fourth pitch, and was loving the exposure. Colylc led this route, with Photo by Sam.

I'm moving here

Brit Forbes and I starting the headwall on the old route variation. Perfect day.

Good story behind this bivy... We started out the day before at the Ramona Falls Trailhead way down the mountain wanting a longer approach for some strange reason. We made it to the base of the Sandy Glacier that night, camped, and planned on waking up at midnight to finish the climb the following day. Despite our three man team having communication dialed, we neglected to appoint someone to set an alarm, so we awoke at sunrise, bumming that me missed our opportunity to send the route. We only had supplies for two days, but we decided to do some recon to help with a later ascent. As we got to the base of the headwall, nobody was ready to turn around, and it looked pretty solid despite a very warm day. So, we looked for a place to bivy, and this was our ONLY option on the entire west face.

Crossing the snowfield in mid day.

A view of the complete lack of bivy options due to rockfall and avy hazards.